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Historical Event on 2/8/1959
The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1965 | Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born. |
| 5/22/1927 | Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 11/13/1945 | Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India |
| 2/2/1996 | Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams. |
| 10/9/2000 | A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
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